Sun Belt: 'Each university will be referred to as they wish'

Conference won't distribute reference guide

5:04 PM,
Jan. 24, 2014

The Sun Belt Conference has backed off its University Reference Guide.

Written by

Tim Buckley

The Sun Belt Conference no longer is in the business of suggesting what its member programs should be called.

The conference on Friday announced it is removing from public view its so-called "University Reference Guide," a document controversial for some in Lafayette in part because Sun Belt-member UL agreed to allow itself to be called UL-L for limited statistical purposes.

"We have observed unintended uses of this guide, specifically as it relates to university abbreviations," Sun Belt commissioner Karl Benson said in a statement released by the league. "Therefore, we have elected to ...